Customer Ratings & Reviews

My old NAD amp died and I had to upgrade it. I was going to get a Denon lower in the range but used ChatGPT to match it with my Mission speakers and it warned that while movies and games would be great, musoc would not be brilliant. When I matched the speakers wirh this amp, ChatGPT said it would be a great combination. I can confirm that! Amazing how much more it brings out of speakers I have owned for decades! And home cinema ia brilliant Must have a subwoofer to rrally get the most out of it

I had an Onkyo setup 5.1.2 with Dolby Atmos, replaced with this receiver and the setup was very straight forward, the sound amazing and it seems to adapt better to modern movies where the voice sound has been becoming an issue as they keep on enhancing the loud sounds, with this receiver full Atmos mode achieved and voice can be heard clearly without losing the rest of the track.

It's been close to a month and really liking this receiver . My 12 year old Onkyo 7.1 Home Theater receiver went so I chose this one. Set up and operation are straight forward and no issues so far!!

Replaced an older Denon. Easy to set up. Sounds great.

The initial setup was fairly easy, as you just connect the HDMI to display the menu on the tv and it shows the directions on how to connect the speakers and subwoofer. The receiver has all the modes necessary for each occasion, (movies, music, etc). The remote has the full button layout for every action including the option for eco mode which I highly recommend. If you don’t want to turn off your receiver manually after your done using it. The sound quality is great and makes you feel like your in a movie theater on movie mode. Overall I would recommend this for a budget friendly receiver with all the high end specs.

This receiver rocks! I own one of its big brothers and you can link them together in your house via wireless and have audio playing everywhere. This is awesome if you’re having a party and want to play the same tunes everywhere. The value is great and the feature set is awesome. You can even configure the receiver from a PC once you configure the wireless on it. It’s like programming a printer via its built-in web interface. Denon receivers have more balls than Sony receivers.

I thought AVR S970H would be more powerful. I had an AVR 3313 for the last 9-10 years. Loved it. Thought newer models would be substantially better, new technology and all. Not the case for me. IMO. Easy setup, The Audyssey isn't good. I had to turn the volume up 65 in order to get decent power. I ended up doing a manual speaker set up. WHich was better. Still turn it up to high 60's low 70's for decent sound. My AVR-3313 volume at 50 was enough. Although the S970H sounds decent it's not as powerful as the 3313. Maybe because I had the same receiver for 10 years. Not used to the new one yet. We'll see. I can always take it back. I wouldn't necessarily recommend this. But i'm finicky.

Great receiver. Had accidental damage to my previous receiver that I bought over the summer. Best Buy Total Tech is well worth the extra money on larger purchases. I they were able to replace the receiver with a new unit. Since it had been 6 months and the model I had was no long available, they price matched the new more upgraded model. Once all hooked up and calibrated it is working great. Total Tech is definitely good for repairs or replacement as well as other great benefits on larger ticket items.

Awesome AVR! Love it. Great sound and easy to setup

Absolutely this sound system. The Wifi and Bluetooth capability allows us to connect to our wifi for radio and to our Smart TV for sound. All our devices from TV to gaming systems can connect to it and the sound is perfecf and clear. It also allows us to customize the title to the different connections to make it easy to switch.

Excellent receiver puts out a clear clean sound with crisp and dynamic bass I have had mine for a couple of weeks surround sound is in credible receiver is connected to BOSE surround speakers along with an extra sub woofer easy connections and easy wifi connection.

Overall performance of receiver is excellent. Use it with a six speaker system. Sound and separation is excellent. Several options such as stereo, surround, and others is excellent to make sound fit room.

Quality and sound is great with this receiver. If you have high quality speakers a good receiver is a must.

Easy to install. Sounds great hooked up to the surround sound. We did have to download the dennon app. Bluetooth links easily

I replaced a Pioneer with a low end Yamaha. As I was buying a new 4K TV, DVD player, speakers I went low end with the 4K Yamaha. Big mistake. Keeps dropping surround sound settings constantly. I researched new receivers for a few weeks before buying this Denon and it is miles above my last one. Set it and forget it. Easy set up. Good manual. Many sound modes, maybe every surround sound choice there is. Good buy.

Sounds great and haven't run into any issues with it at all.

I did a lot of research when I bought this and decided this was the one for me. I am so glad I purchased this because it makes my whole surround sound so much better than my previous receiver. It was easy to hook up and adjust and it looks great to. I got it on sale and it is worth every penny i paid. I would definitely recommend this and I would buy it again if the situation arises

The value of this was clear. I have a Denon running my video set up, and when my old Nakamichi died that ran extra speakers through the house and outside deck, I knew this would be the solution. I spoke to Danny @Danbury who was pretty young, but super knowledgable. He taught me to look at the back of the receiver and you will see the true power thats delivered per channel. This was double what a 100 watt yamaha at same price point delivers. And then it went on sale a week later, I started an online chat, and kinda instantly, they told me how to claim competitor pricing on the site, and poof, a $150 credit came my way. Lastly, I made a joke telling him Im only interested in McIntosh. He took me to the magnolia room and played an $80k set up. WOW that was a different level, but it demonstrated the quality of sound you get when you look at it per channel, because with McIntosh, thats what the gauges are for!. For the price, the S970h is a no brainer.

Fabulous! Great sound! I can use it to play my records.

Excellent sound quality and easy to setup. Paired with Klipsch speakers with amazing results.